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Mice on Magic Mushrooms
Season 2 Episode 7
How do you know if a mouse is on a psychedelic? It might just shake its head. This behavior, known as the head-twitch response, signals whether a molecule is a psychedelic-like hallucinogen. Head twi…
Published on 8 hours ago
UPDATE: A Navy SEAL Goes to Mexico to take Ibogaine
Season 2 Episode 6
A former Navy SEAL named Craig deployed nine times over nearly three decades in the military. When he left the service, he felt lucky to have all his limbs, toes and fingers. But he found himself str…
Published on 1 week ago
Was Ayahuasca Used for Political Indoctrination in Brazil?
Season 2 Episode 5
In 2023, supporters of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro violently stormed the capital in an attempted coup. Among Bolsonaro’s most loyal supporters were leaders in the União do Vegetal, one o…
Published on 2 weeks ago
An Ayahuasca Message
Season 2 Episode 4
The Noke Koi are an Indigenous group from Acre, Brazil who consider themselves guardians of the psychoactive plant brew ayahuasca, which they call “uni.” This summer, they traveled to the U.S. to spr…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Was it DMT? Or was it heaven?
Season 2 Episode 3
When a neurosurgeon claimed he glimpsed the afterlife during a coma, skeptics offered a more earthly interpretation – a surge of DMT produced by his own body. Was his tale of eternity a trick of the …
Published on 4 weeks ago
The Psychedelic Playlist
Season 2 Episode 2
Vivaldi. Bach. The Beatles. The Johns Hopkins playlist has been the standard soundtrack in psychedelic trials at Johns Hopkins and therapy rooms around the world for more than 25 years. It also skews…
Published on 1 month ago
A Priest, a Rabbi, and a Muslim Leader Get High
Season 2 Episode 1
Nearly a decade ago, researchers at Johns Hopkins University gave some two dozen religious leaders from various faith backgrounds a high dose of psilocybin. Now, the long-awaited results of the study…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
Coming Soon: Altered States Season 2
Season 2
Over the next ten episodes we’re going to explore two distinct camps in the world of psychedelics. On one side there’s the realm of spiritualists, mystical experiences, and psychedelic churches. And …
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
A Navy SEAL Goes to Mexico to take Ibogaine
Season 1
A former Navy SEAL named Craig deployed nine times over nearly three decades in the military. When he left the service, he felt lucky to have all his limbs, toes and fingers. But he found himself str…
Published on 1 year ago
The Peyote Plan
Season 1
A plan to protect the peyote cactus is taking shape on the Winnebago Reservation in Nebraska during this summer’s Native American Church of North America conference. Indigenous leaders are hustling t…
Published on 1 year ago